Ut. Dept. Hwys. Gravel Pit 23066

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087652
MRDS ID D008467
Record type Site
Current site name Ut. Dept. Hwys. Gravel Pit 23066

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.67332, 40.66382 (WGS84)
Elevation 1323
Relative position 1,900 FEET SE OF BURNT SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Timpie(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Skull Valley(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 007W 07 NE OF NW OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • POORLY SORTED, INTERBEDS OF SAND AND SILT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result SIEVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING
Result 3 IN=21, 1 IN=61
Result AFTER CRUSHING 1 IN=100, 1/2 IN=50, NO. 4=29, NO. 8=25, NO. 50=18, NO. 200=4.4, LIQUID LIMIT=21.5, PLASTICITY INDEX=NP
Result SWELL=.015

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.67332, 40.66382

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Fan, Lake Terrace

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 3.01HA
    Overall length 225M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE DEPTH 2 YDS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY, TOOELE CO.

  • Deposit

    STEGAN, R. J., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY, TOOELE COUNTY

  • Deposit

    1964 DIREXPL UTAH DEPT OF HIGHWAY

  • Production

    STEGEN, R. J., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMMODITY IS ROUNDED TO WELL-ROUNDED, PREDOMINATELY EQUANT IN SHAPE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Stegan, Ralph J. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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